Harrisburg Covered Bridge (Additional Documentation) · Photo: Brent Moore from Smyrna, TN · CC BY 2.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Fairgarden works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Tennessee as a whole has 13%. There are 78 jobs in Fairgarden; 230 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Fairgarden; the top destination outside it is Sevierville (28%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Fairgarden in brief
Fairgarden and Sevierville trade workers both ways
Sevierville is the top workplace for Fairgarden residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Fairgarden come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Fairgarden workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 13% across Tennessee. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 230 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Fairgarden commutes to
Where Fairgarden clocks in
28% of workers
14% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily trip from Fairgarden: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairgarden workers work from home, vs 13% across Tennessee. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Tennessee: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In and out of Fairgarden on a workday
On a workday 230 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Fairgarden on a workday afternoon, 58% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 79% of work in Fairgarden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairgarden, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 78. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairgarden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Fairgarden’s workers travel
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Fairgarden: questions
What is the poverty rate in Fairgarden?
0.0%, against 13.8% across Tennessee and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairgarden?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Tennessee and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairgarden work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sevierville (28%, 9 mi), Pigeon Forge (14%, 11 mi), Gatlinburg (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairgarden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fairgarden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairgarden
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.